Claim Pending Decision Approval sept 2012

Steve, Sorry to hear this ! If you want to post your exact denial letter or send it by way of private message, then we can try to help. May be nothing we can do, but we may be able to file a recon with some added information.

I would put it this way! ( I am asking for reconsideration of all recently denied claims. I believe i have grounds for reconsideration due to exposure of Herbicides, Radiation and Agent Orange. Thank you for your time in this matter!) You will also need to provide the evidence or reason you believe you were exposed.

Claim in Under Review after letter and 21-4138 form sent .... estimated time of complition may 2013 to jan 2014

..today sent NOD with more detail 21-4138 ...I hope that will just be additioal evidence and not screw up the new review?

..I also requested pension with 21-0516-1 form yesterday. Will pension have a VB8 letter?

I tried to contact VSO in houston I guess to bizy no call back .. I think I will do OK with pension at least....I Hope this time

Another year for Compensation evaluation?

They Added Radiation (New) and Pension as (New) and other 13 item clains as (Reopen)

11/02/2012 Step (2) Under Review ...so far they did not add the 3 additional Claim Items and agent orange even when I fillled out another 21- 4138 and 21-526 .....and last minute repeat of 21-8940

11/02/2012 PMThe 3 (New) Claim Items were added plus a 4th Claim Item (New) that was realated the some other Items in Claim but have not added Agent Orange Claim in Under Review Note Documents 21- 4138 and 21-526 .....and last minute repeat of 21-8940 are not listed as evidence nor the pension with 21-0516-1 form

Net
Worth / Assets Limits for Aid and Attendance and other Pensions
A veteran’s net worth, according to the VA, includes assets in bank accounts,
stocks, bonds, mutual funds and property other than the veteran's primary
residence and vehicle. A general guideline is that the veteran’s combined
assets, excluding those mentioned, must be valued at less than $80,000.
However, veterans with less than that amount have been denied and veterans who
assets exceed that limit have been accepted; it is not a hard limit. The final
determination also considers a veteran's age, care expenses and life expectancy.

Timeline of Your Appeal

What Have We Received at BVA

Date Received

Item Received

n/a

n/a

If you submit any evidence directly to BVA and do not want
BVA to remand the case (i.e. send it back) to the local VA office to consider
this evidence first, you must send us a waiver. For additional information about
waivers, please refer to FAQs.

Where should you send what BVA needs?

Does this show my BVA is still at the reginal Office (Houston) to be reviewed before they send it to washington to be reviewed? I am trying to get them to give me immediate pension approved for now so I can just wait longer for a compensation approval

What state do you live in? I can do some looking for you, but you seriously need a certified VSO to look at your claim. You have a lot going on and someone needs to look at your file so they can advise what conditions that your treatment records reflect.

For agent orange you have to be able to prove exposure if you weren't "boots on the ground" in VN or Korea during certain timeframes. However, a claim for exposure to herbicides in Gitmo may get traction. Do some google searching on that.

I did call a VSO in Houston but they seemed to bizzy ..and did not return my call ...It would have been helpfull to know about pension 21-0516-1 forms when my income changed but they still had a the compensation form 21-8940 and a Texas work force document that showed the end of my UI in apirl 2012

What is a C-File? And to whom do I request it?

Even thou I have claimed Agent orange several times... that is the only issue that has not been listed as a claim on the appeal nor on the denial. If they denial agent orange because of lack of evidence I could understand that but not to list it as a claim I do not understand.

In several letters I have asked where this Other income of $19200 is in the pesion denial but I have never gotten a responce. Before my ratings eveuations I asked to recieve copies but never recieved any..

Steve713Houston wrote: I did call a VSO in Houston but they seemed to bizzy ..and did not return my call ...It would have been helpfull to know about pension 21-0516-1 forms when my income changed but they still had a the compensation form 21-8940 and a Texas work force document that showed the end of my UI in apirl 2012

What is a C-File? And to whom do I request it?

Even thou I have claimed Agent orange several times... that is the only issue that has not been listed as a claim on the appeal nor on the denial. If they denial agent orange because of lack of evidence I could understand that but not to list it as a claim I do not understand.

In several letters I have asked where this Other income of $19200 is in the pesion denial but I have never gotten a responce. Before my ratings eveuations I asked to recieve copies but never recieved any..

Steve - Great advice has been given to you by Brew and Vet2112.

You C-file is your complete records from the VARO. You can request this by simply going down to the VARO and putting it on their generic forms, or you can send in a letter requesting a copy of your complete file. Remember anything sent into the VARO should be Receipt Return Requested (RRR) and send a copy to your VSO for your files with them.

Depending on your RO it usually takes between 1-3 months average for this request. The first copy is free to you and any copies thereafter you are charged per page.

Hope this helps.

RLTW

100% Schedular P&T Lifetime member of DAV since 2004 "Rangers Lead The Way"

I know one thing in life for sure! No one can tell anyone anything they can't find out their self. Out side of that its all about the complexity of your claim and the severity of your injuries. I filed my claim back in August 2006 and still don't know one thing more today than I knew back then because there is no incident report nor a an investigative,disclosure reports. Yet I won a fed tort claim the Regional keeps sending me here and there to BVA back to regional to the hospital back to the regional then back to BVA who will then send letters to the hospital to attempt to find out something then you wait some more and wait without any hope of talking to someone on a phone call that can really help you in your quest all they do is read a computer screen. Man this process can take from Six months to Fifteen years God Bless his Veterans and their children

No news on VA appeal .. VA did not log new forms admited for pention on th 10 of January nor new medical submited in Dec

I decided to go apply for social security disability in Dec
2012 they sent me a form to answer some questions. One question was does you
care for a pet. Another question ask if
we care for another person.

(1) Why does social
security want to know if we care for pets?

(2) Why does social
security want to know if we care some other person if not under household?